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SCIENCE TEACHING TOOLS
This program is a joint effort between individual AFCEA Chapters and the
Educational Foundation
to promote effective science teaching and to enhance the abilities
of capable science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teachers in K-12 schools worldwide. The AFCEA
Educational Foundation will provide $1,000 for an elementary, middle or high school STEM teacher (or international equivalent) to purchase supplies and/or
equipment that would augment their science and/or information technology activities
in the classroom.
Checks to participating chapters are mailed to Chapter presidents in September.
FOR TEACHERS:
CLICK HERE to find opportunities for STEM Teachers including information regarding the Science Teaching Tools program and Scholarships.
FOR CHAPTERS:
SUBMIT your Science Teaching Tools Report Here
Send us your photos!! CLICK HERE to submit pictures electronically.
Chapter Guidelines for Grant Selection (recommended by the AFCEA Educational Foundation. Local Chapters have latitude to modify based on their needs):
1. Individual AFCEA chapters select
one elementary, middle or high school science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) teacher in the local community. Teachers
working in schools which are poorly supported and/or with
economically disadvantaged students are to be considered
first. The awards are not limited to public schools. International
chapters may select a science teacher from a DoDD school, or alternatively, the international equivalent of a U.S. elementary, middle or high school.
2. Selection should be based on
the teacher's skills, his/her potential to use the funds
well and financial need. The method of selection is at the discretion of the chapter.
3. Requests for funding should be as user-friendly as possible. We suggest you do not require detailed proposals, but ask for a statement to include the following:
* How the funds will be used, and
* Number of students impacted.
4. The AFCEA Educational Foundation
will provide $1,000 per school year per chapter. Except
in unusual circumstances, the award is not renewable to
the same teacher or school. Chapters are encouraged to provide
additional money should their local means allow and multiply
the number of awards. Chapters are encouraged to make a
substantial impact in one location rather than a wide dispersion
of funds.
5. Each participating chapter will
receive $1,000 from the Educational Foundation in September each year for the school year beginning in
September. The funds should be presented by a chapter representative
directly to the selected teacher(s) sometime during the school year, preferably in the fall, and then spent by the teacher(s)
for consumable materials or other equipment that would support
experiments in STEM education.
6. To confirm continued participation
in the program, each chapter is asked to submit a short
(1 page) statement to the Educational Foundation that
includes:
- Name of the selected science
teacher(s) and grade level(s)
- Name of the school(s)
- Amount of matching Chapter funds,
if any, contributed
- How the money has
been spent
- Evaluation of impact (approximate
# of students involved)
- Chapter contact's name, phone
and email
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Confirmation of chapter's intent to continue participation
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Photos, if available, to be featured on our website and in AFCEA publications
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